misexplicate

verb

misexplicate

verb

Etymology From mis- + explicate.

1

To explicate incorrectly.

They hav ^([sic]) only misexplicated all its parts after their own happy way.1893 January 14, “Freethought Converting Clergymen”, in The Truth Seeker: A Journal of Freethought and Reform, volume 20, number 2, page 20:
King Philip misexplicated part of the following threat to Angiers ( 2.1.274-77 ):1987, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism - Volumes 1-2, page 169:

1 more example

Any preaching and exegesis that exploits the ignorance of the 'lewed' by the intellectual games of misquoting, misapplying and misexplicating is rejected as un-Christian and uncharitable.1990, Poetica (Tokyo) - Volumes 32-34, page 19:

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